Word: forthright
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...around it is less certain, given the new conservative atmosphere, that opponents could vote down the measures in the House. The issue will possibly be decided by the Administration; though it generally tilts to the conservative side of the so-called moral issues, the Administration has so far withheld forthright support of the anticourt campaign partly because of genuine doubts about its constitutionality and also out of fear of endangering the congressional consensus on economic issues...
There are other regional differences in the national passion. The steamy South-Central states consume less than half (10.77 qt. per digestive system per year) as much as the hungriest region, which is New England (21.86 qt.). Marketing men in the dairy industry have a suspicion that forthright Southeasterners will not eat what they cannot pronounce. A superpremium sells there under the no-foolin' name of Rich & Creamy...
...State Alexander Haig puts it, in forming a bulwark in the Middle East against Soviet influence, an aim that concerns the Administration more than reviving the Camp David talks about Palestinian autonomy. Administration officials believe that Peres would be easier to deal with, but nonetheless respect Begin for his forthright stands. As part of its plan to strengthen Israel, no matter who won the election, the Administration late last week acknowledged that it would send six F-16 warplanes to Israel on schedule later this month and would "soon" release the four F-16s that had been held up after...
...Huang is forthright about Mao's mistakes but he also asks for understanding. The Chairman's two main errors, says Huang, were that in his later years he was too impatient for quick results and that "he handled contradictions within the party like contradictions with the enemy, so that bad elements were able to take him in. This resulted in ten years of great disorder during the Cultural Revolution...
...report card on Haig's trip, however, showed mixed grades. The Secretary clearly impressed the leaders of the four Middle East countries he visited -Egypt, Israel, Jordan and Saudi Arabia-with his forthright style and grasp of issues. Haig was decidedly less successful in pushing for his strategic consensus. At the end of his swing through the Middle East, Haig confidently stated that "I don't know at any stop where consensus was not agreed to and arrived at." In fact, the Secretary heard dissonant notes from leaders of all four nations...